Getting Started
Students may begin work in the Humanities and Arts with one of the Great Problems Seminars or the Project-Based Learning Community or an introductory course at the 1000-level in any area of the department. Students may begin at the 2000-level if they already have some background in the area of study. All courses, whatever the format or discipline, introduce the student to the study of the humanities and the basic skills, issues, and methods of inquiry in the humanities and arts. All students are strongly encouraged to take at least one 3000-level course before their concluding seminar or practicum.
WPI provides a great deal of flexibility in selecting the courses leading to completion of the Humanities and Arts Requirement. Students are encouraged to experiment and to take courses beyond the minimum requirement of one course in two different areas. The thematic coherence of courses in an area of focus leading to an inquiry seminar or practicum is not intended to impose strict rigidity in selection of courses. Students are also urged to consult with a Humanities and Arts Department faculty members about the selection of courses.
Below is a sample of from which most students select their first Humanities and Arts course. This is far from a comprehensive list of courses in each of these areas.
Great Problems Seminars
ID120X and ID121X Great Problems Seminars
Project-Based Learning Community
HU 1401 and HU1402 Introduction to Humanities and Arts
Art, Art History and Architecture
AR 1100 Essentials of Art
AR 1111 Introduction to Art History
English Literature
EN 1221 Introduction to Drama: Theatre on the Page and on the Stage
EN 1222 Shakespeare in the Age of Elizabeth
EN 1231 Introduction to American Literature and Culture
EN 1242 Introduction to English Poetry
EN 1251 Introduction to Literature
EN 1257 Introduction to African American Literature and Culture, alternate years
EN/WR 2211 Elements of Writing
Foreign Languages
GN 1511 Elementary German I,II
GN 2511 Intermediate German I,II
SP 1523 Elementary Spanish I,II
SP 2521 Intermediate Spanish I,II
History
HI 1311 Introduction to American Urban History
HI 1312 Introduction to American Social History
HI 1313 Introduction to the Study of Foreign Policy and Diplomatic History
HI 1314 Introduction to Early American History
HI 1321 Introduction to European Social History
HI 1322 Introduction to European Cultural History
HI 1331 Introduction to the History of Science
HI 1332 Introduction to the History of Technology
HI 1341 Introduction to Global History
Humanities Interdisciplinary
HU 1411 Introduction to American Studies, alternate years
HU 1412 Introduction to Asia
HU 2441 African History and Culture
For International Students
ISE 1811 Writing for International Students
ISE 1812 Speech for International Students
ISE 1813 American History for International Students
Music
MU 1611 Fundamentals of Music I
Philosophy and Religion
PY/RE 1731 Introduction to Philosophy and Religion
Writing and Rhetoric
WR/EN 2211 Elements of Writing
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